Remember that scam where some bastard sold an empty PS2 box on Ebay? … well, there is another loser at it again: Full story here
This time though, a picture is for sale…
*sigh*
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posted by shadow · at 1:02 am · filed under News
Not a scam?
scam
n. A fraudulent business scheme; a swindle.
I’d call that a scam.
remind me never to buy anything from you.
i still think shopping over the net is silly.
ebay should get serious. and have ppl sign something
when they put stuff up for auction.
remind me never to buy anything from anonymous.
he STATED that it was a empty ps2 box for sale,anyone stupid enuff not to read whats for sale deserves what they get
maybe if you actually read whats for sale you’d agree too
Congratulations. Successful troll.
It’s still and scam and still fraud. It was clearly perpetrated with the intent to swindle people.
:)
he stated that a picture/box was for sale
he gave them exactly what he was selling
anyone dumb enough not to read what was for sale deserve whatever they get
Scams are generally aimed at the “less bright” of the populace, you are saying that it is ok to take advantage of said people?
Or maybe these people are not “simple” at all, maybe they just believe in trust, or use to.
I think it’s pretty obvious if the people knew it was a picture they would not have offered $300 for it. I also think it’s clear the ad was phrased intently to deceive and mislead. The person who sold the photo obviously understood the expectations of the buyer (ie. they thought it was a machine), and would not have valued the photo at anywhere near the “selling” price, anymore than the buyer would.
That, my friend, is fraud. Anything else is cynical semantics.
I’d have to say that this case is definately a case of fraud. It was worded as such that people would be fooled in to believing that it was a console.
As for the selling of the X-Box box, it plainly said in the description that “this is only the box, not the console itself”. Although you could probably get a refund by going though the courts, by definition, its not really fraud (he stated what it was in detail). Also, in the box case, the guy bid more than you could get it retail (about 350 compared to 300 in a shop). Shows even more what an idiot he was.
sif ud buy thru ebay
Good point there… I certainly wouldn’t, I selll stuff on there though :)
wasnt a scam
he actual said it was a empty ps2 box
its jsut stupid ppl who r dumb enuff not to read whats for sale